Reply To: Distribute elements horizontally

[basement31]

If I understand your question try

.container-1, .container-2 { float: left }

http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_float.asp

Mainstream, as in widely supported markup and styling is basically derived from print, think of a newspaper, a floated element would be the image and the text would wrap around it, since then css has basically abused and manipulated these layout rules beyond recognition so it may seam very weird how/why some things are done.